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Under the Cotton Tree
Under the Cotton Tree
Under the Cotton Tree
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Colonialism: bad, bad, bad word. Nothing good to say about it. Really?

 

For a pugnacious Scottish policeman seconded to Sierra Leone Police Force as part of British aid, it is his misfortune to be present when the largest diamond robbery in history occurs on 3rd November 1969 and sparks begin to fly when he rubs

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PublisherMartin Saxby
Release dateNov 11, 2021
ISBN9781802272482
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